Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
corbata voladora
English translation:
floppy cravat
Added to glossary by
Paul Hirsh
Jan 14, 2009 14:39
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Argentina
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corbata voladora
Spanish to English
Other
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
type of neck tie
Raúl tiene toda la pinta de un poeta: usa melena, grandes patillas y corbata voladora.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | floppy cravat |
Paul Hirsh
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| 5 | Ruffled Cravat |
Greg Feehan
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| 4 | flying necktie |
Victoria Frazier
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Sep 14, 2010 07:34: Paul Hirsh Created KOG entry
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Paul Hirsh
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floppy cravat
not an exact translation, but good for a poet
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Greg Feehan
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
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Ruffled Cravat
The image being made here reminds me of Alexander Pushkin
http://members.tripod.com/jrmoore1958/pushkin1.jpg (save the long long hair).
What he's wearing has many names. A cravat is typically flat. (Cravats are more commonly known these days as ascots.) "Voladora" gives the image of "taking air." To best localize it for English audiences, it'd be referred to as "Ruffled."
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=ru&lr=&q=ruffled cra...
http://members.tripod.com/jrmoore1958/pushkin1.jpg (save the long long hair).
What he's wearing has many names. A cravat is typically flat. (Cravats are more commonly known these days as ascots.) "Voladora" gives the image of "taking air." To best localize it for English audiences, it'd be referred to as "Ruffled."
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=ru&lr=&q=ruffled cra...
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Victoria Frazier
United States
United States
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United States
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flying necktie
Seems to be a literal translation of "flying necktie".
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There is a picture of a man with wild hair and a flying necktie, pouncing upon the keys of a piano. This is Liszt. Kathleen is in love with Liszt. ...
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... loose flying necktie, and the flopping hair of the West. The room we came into was purely Japanese. It was disfigured by neither tables nor chairs, ...
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Mar 5, 2002 ... His appearance was redolently marine; his pilot coat, flying necktie and wideish trowsers, a general airiness of style on a solid frame, ...
www.archive.org/stream/celtandsaxonvolu04489gut/gm95v10.txt - 200k -
absoluteties davidson flying necktie · $24.99 · See It · at Absolute Ties. Order this Harley Davidson Tie today! / 100% Silk Read More ...
sports-and-outdoors.become.com/flying-harley - 55k
There is a picture of a man with wild hair and a flying necktie, pouncing upon the keys of a piano. This is Liszt. Kathleen is in love with Liszt. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0743237188...
... loose flying necktie, and the flopping hair of the West. The room we came into was purely Japanese. It was disfigured by neither tables nor chairs, ...
books.google.com/books?id=ADUbAAAAYAAJ...
Mar 5, 2002 ... His appearance was redolently marine; his pilot coat, flying necktie and wideish trowsers, a general airiness of style on a solid frame, ...
www.archive.org/stream/celtandsaxonvolu04489gut/gm95v10.txt - 200k -
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